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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2756 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop workforce development investment incentives and to consider a qualified training program of an 

offeror as part of the past performance rating of such offeror, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2019 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself and Mr. BANKS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to develop workforce 

development investment incentives and to consider a 

qualified training program of an offeror as part of the 

past performance rating of such offeror, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Developing the Na5 tional Security Workforce Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCENTIVES AND CONSIDERATION FOR QUALIFIED 

2 TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

4 (1) Chapter 141 of title 10, United States 

5 Code, is amended by inserting after section 2409 the 

6 following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 2409a. Incentives and consideration for qualified 

8 training programs 

9 ‘‘(a) INCENTIVES.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

10 develop workforce development investment incentives for 

11 a contractor that implements a qualified training program 

12 to develop the workforce of the contractor in a manner 

13 consistent with the needs of the Department of Defense. 

14 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION OF QUALIFIED TRAINING PRO15 GRAMS.—The Secretary of Defense shall revise the De16 partment of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisi17 tion Regulation to require that the system used by the 

18 Federal Government to monitor or record contractor past 

19 performance includes an analysis of the availability, qual20 ity, and effectiveness of a qualified training program of 

21 an offeror as part of the past performance rating of such 

22 offeror. 

23 ‘‘(c) QUALIFIED TRAINING PROGRAM DEFINED.— 

24 The term ‘qualified training program’ means any of the 

25 following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) A program eligible to receive funds under 

2 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

3 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). 

4 ‘‘(2) A program eligible to receive funds under 

5 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 

6 Act of 2006 (21 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 

7 ‘‘(3) A program registered under the Act of Au8 gust 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘National 

9 Apprenticeship Act’; Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 

10 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

11 ‘‘(4) Any other program determined to be a 

12 qualified training program for purposes of this sec13 tion, and that meets the workforce needs of the De14 partment of Defense, as determined by the Secretary 

15 of Defense.’’. 

16 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec17 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 

18 by inserting after the item relating to section 2409 

19 the following new item: 

‘‘2409a. Incentives and consideration for qualified training programs.’’. 

20 (b) APPLICABILITY.—This Act and the amendments 

21 made by this Act apply with respect to contracts awarded 

22 on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of 

23 the enactment of this Act. 

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